Rabbit Hole [Blu-ray]

Director: John Cameron Mitchell

Overview

Adapted for the screen by David Lindsay-Abaire from his own Pulitzer Prize-winning play, director John Cameron Mitchell's Rabbit Hole stars Oscar winner Nicole Kidman and Golden Globe-nominated Aaron Eckhart as a married couple who find their relationship on life support following the devastating loss of their young child. The further their relationship deteriorates, the harder the grieving parents fight to keep it alive.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/19/2011
UPC:	0031398133773
Original Release:	2010
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Lions Gate
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:32:00
Sales rank:	41,007

Special Features

Audio commentary with the director, writer, and director of photography; Deleted scenes; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Nicole Kidman	Becca Corbett
Aaron Eckhart	Howie Corbett
Dianne Wiest	Nat
Tammy Blanchard	Izzy
Miles Teller	Jason
Giancarlo Esposito	Auggie
Jon Tenney	Rick
Patricia Kalember	Peg
Julie Lauren	Debbie
Sandra Oh	Gabby
Stephen Mailer	Kevin
Mike Doyle	Craig
Roberta Wallach	Rhonda
Ali Marsh	Donna
Yetta Gottesman	Ana
Colin Mitchell	Sam
Deidre Goodwin	Reema
Rob Campbell	Bob
Jennifer Roszell	Sotheby's Receptionist
Jay Wilkison	Gary
Ben Hudson	Sammy
Salli Saffioti	Lori
Ursula Clare Parker	Lilly
Phoenix List	Danny
Sandi Carroll	Abby
Teresa Kelsey	Mary
Sara Jane Blazo	Jason's Mother
Brady Parisella	Caden
Marylouise Burke	Librarian
Dianne West	Actor
Anton Sanko	Composer

Technical Credits

David Lindsay-Abaire

David Lindsay-Abaire	Screenwriter
Leslie Urdang	Producer
Dean Vanech	Producer
Nicole Kidman	Producer,Executive Producer
Per Saari	Producer
Gigi Pritzker	Producer
Dan Revers	Executive Producer,Producer
William Lischak	Executive Producer,Producer
Linda McDonough	Executive Producer,Producer
Brian O'Shea	Executive Producer
Sig De Miguel	Casting
Stephen Vincent	Casting
Doug Crosby	Stunts
Dianne Hounsell	Script Supervisor
Caswell Cooke	Key Grip
Jan Hounsell	Sound Mixer

Editorial Reviews

With the gender-bending Hedwig and the Angry Inch and the sexually upfront Shortbus, director John Cameron Mitchell proved he was thrillingly unafraid of being explicit. But his third feature, an adaptation of David Lindsay-Abaire's play Rabbit Hole, finds him embracing subtlety without sacrificing his taste for the melodramatic. The movie stars Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart as Becca and Howie, a couple grieving the death of their young son months after a traffic accident took his life. They are each floundering in their own way -- Becca has mostly cut herself off from people, while Howie ends most days watching videos of their son on his phone. Attending a group therapy session with fellow grieving parents does nothing for Becca, but Howie strikes up a friendship there with Gaby (Sandra Oh) that quickly escalates into an emotional bond. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Howie, Becca has been having conversations with Jason (Miles Teller), the teenage boy who played an unwitting role in her child's death. The dramatic tension in Rabbit Hole -- the title comes from a comic book created by Jason -- stems from the question of whether a marriage can survive such a devastating emotional trauma. And while the film never shies away from Becca and Howie's pain, it doesn't wallow in it either. Kidman and Eckhart are excellent together -- their characters' deep love for each other hasn't disappeared, it's just buried under layers of sadness, hate, and anger that bubble to the surface even as they try to tamp them down. Kidman's icy demeanor makes her early scenes all the more powerful -- Becca's refusal of a neighbor's kindly invitation to a party is socially acceptable, yet unmistakably pointed. Contrast that with the tender exchanges between Becca and Jason, and you can begin to appreciate the range Kidman is capable of. Eckhart and Oh get the film's best laughs, especially in a scene when, after smoking pot, they attend another group counseling session. The movie feels intimate rather than explosive; the emotional stakes don't seem trumped up, but instead seem intimately personal. That's a savvy creative choice by Mitchell and his cast because with material like this it's tempting to manipulate the audience into sympathetic tears. There are big moments, to be sure, but they are just moments -- the kind of sudden outbursts that will be very familiar to anyone who's lived through the senseless loss of a loved one. Rabbit Hole is a simple film, written, acted, and directed with empathy.